Sea Shepherd Founder Freed
FRANKFURT, Germany -- The founder of the environmental activist group Sea Shepherd has left a German jail after a court ordered him freed on bail pend...
FRANKFURT, Germany -- The founder of the environmental activist group Sea Shepherd has left a German jail after a court ordered him freed on bail pend...
Peter Jay Brown | Posted 05.17.2012
While people around the world revere Captain Paul Watson for the stands he takes to save whales, the German government has him under arrest for a 2005 complaint for the very actions millions cheer for each week.
Peter Jay Brown | Posted 05.15.2012
I certainly believe we come from apes, but I also would like to believe we have evolved beyond that. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ghandi, and the Dalai Lama all know better. How might our human history be different if they had taken up arms?
AP | Posted 05.14.2012
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — An environmental activist group known for its confrontations with whalers and fishermen says its founder has been arrested...
Peter Jay Brown | Posted 05.08.2012
Have we finally gone mad as a society? Just because Pete Bethune looks good in a wetsuit, has tattoos, and a high "TV-Q" doesn't mean what he does is okay.
Deborah Bassett | Posted 04.06.2012
Rasta quickly moved forward in recruiting a team of filmmakers, journalists, musicians, eco-activists and celebrity surfers. He embarked upon the journey that has led him to be one of the most outspoken environmentalists in the surfing world today.
The Huffington Post | Travis Donovan | Posted 03.12.2012
Anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd Conservation Society declared victory this week as Japan's whaling fleet left the Antarctic with less than a third...
AP | NICK PERRY | Posted 05.06.2012
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Anti-whaling activists claimed Tuesday that they have effectively ended this year's Japanese hunt following a late-ni...
AP | Posted 04.17.2012
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle declined to immediately restrain the activities of a Washington state-based anti-whaling group Thursday. ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.20.2012
TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: White Hou...
AP | By ROD McGUIRK | Posted 01.09.2012
CANBERRA, Australia -- Three anti-whaling activists boarded a Japanese vessel off southwest Australia on Sunday as part of a campaign to stop whale hu...
AP | Posted 12.04.2011
TOKYO — Japan plans to go ahead with its whaling program in the Antarctic later this year despite threats from activists to disrupt the annual h...
AP | DON MELVIN | Posted 08.11.2011
ABOARD THE STEVE IRWIN — Tuna fishermen battled environmentalists on the Mediterranean, hurling heavy links of chain at them as the environmenta...
AP | DON MELVIN | Posted 08.10.2011
ABOARD THE STEVE IRWIN — A boat operated by environmental activists was steaming toward Libyan waters Friday, hoping to stop illegal fishing for...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 08.03.2011
Hidden in the intimate upstairs room of a posh vegan restaurant in New York sat a man deemed an "eco-terrorist." He prefers "eco-terraist." Paul Wa...
Deborah Bassett | Posted 08.02.2011
From poking fun at disgruntled vegans to emphasizing the quirky antics used to irritate some of the ocean's greatest foes, Peter J. Brown highlights the trials and tribulations of what it takes to be a genuine eco-warrior on the high seas.
AP | DON MELVIN | Posted 07.19.2011
BRUSSELS — A U.S.-based organization of environmental activists plans to steam into Libyan waters to stop poachers from netting bluefin tuna. T...
Deborah Bassett | Posted 07.10.2011
As a Quartermaster aboard the Steve Irwin, I was aware of the potential risks involved on this particular voyage due to the increasingly grim reality and frequency of piracy attacks off the horn of Africa.
Andy Stepanian | Posted 07.06.2011
As many as one hundred Southern California conservationists and animal rights activists are expected to stage a protest march on Saturday, May 7, to demand adequate protections for a seal colony in La Jolla, CA
Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week, I spent a week aboard The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessels after they successfully shut down Japanese whaling operations in the southern ocean whale sanctuary -- a victory 7 years in the making.
Paul Watson | Posted 05.25.2011
The Sea Shepherd crew headed for high ground when they saw the waters receding. They spent a very cold night on a hill and had no choice but to watch the total obliteration of the town below them.
Paul Watson | Posted 05.25.2011
This constant, misguided yammering about alleged terrorism every time someone tries to nonviolently stop someone from harpooning whales or finning sharks is downright ignorant, and just plain silly.
Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011
In an interview, Captain Paul Watson shed light on the the urgency of the situation and the necessity of continued direct action to protect the species from greedy commercial overfishing.
AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 05.25.2011
CANBERRA, Australia — Conservationists and the Australian government said Thursday they were not satisfied with Japan's suspension of whaling in...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011
TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Heavier s...
AP | Posted 05.21.2012